Uncommon Goods: An Uncommon Company (Sponsored)

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, y’all. But as always, compensated or not, my opinions are my own.
I don’t buy many things for me or for my home. Losing everything when my house burned down forced me into a minimalism that I’ve found hard to shake. But as we move closer to buying the house we’ve been renting for almost six years now, I find myself wanting to add a few touches that reflect my own taste and personality.
I hate going shopping and buy almost everything online–and so I’m excited to have learned about Uncommon Goods, a company that can supply all my decorating needs. I love candles, and so my first purchase is going to be one of their Literary Candles. I also love the Homesick Candles (although there isn’t one for Tennessee yet!). And I think the various tea light troughs would look great on my mantel. Actually, I love almost everything in this section and if you like decorating with candles you will too.

Now let’s talk about their collection of decorations for the garden. It’s no secret to anyone who reads this blog that I love gardening! My eventual plan for this yard is to go full on cottage garden with no grass in sight. So I will be needing more garden art in the future and now I know where I can find some unusual conversation pieces. I’m especially captivated by the sea serpent and the octopus, and the gnome be gone tickled my fancy as well.

Finally let me say a little about decorative accents for the home, of which Uncommon Goods has pages and pages (and of which my actual home has very few). Here I found myself captivated by the various bookends and fanciful switchplates. The choices really are uncommon, and you can tell just by looking that they are well made.

Which brings me to an interesting point–who makes the products we choose to spend our money on? Uncommon Goods products don’t come from big factories or giant corporations but rather from artisans and small business owners. In many case you can click to read more about the actual person who crafted the item you are bringing into your home. Uncommon Goods really is an uncommon company with values that are incorporated into its business model. The company strives to be environmentally friendly and socially responsible. They offer health insurance to all full-time (and most part-time) team members and provide a fair wage. They feature products that contain recycled components and sell only products that do no harm to people or animals. They give back by allowing customers to select a non-profit organization to receive a $1 donation at checkout. You can read more about the company and its mission here.
I feel really good about recommending Uncommon Goods to you, and I am excited about purchasing some of their products in the future.

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I feel pretty good when I read this list.~ A Grandparent’s Wisdom on Parenting ~

1. Let your child be a child. Children are not little adults.

2. Don’t have too many rules, especially when they’re little. They’re not going to remember them all anyway.

3. Pick your battles. It won’t work to make an issue out of everything your child does that you don’t like.

4. The greatest gift you can give your child besides your love is your time. Whenever possible, interrupt what you are doing to take time for them. Many things you need to do can be put off until later but many things your child does only happen once, and you don’t want to miss them.

5. Don’t micromanage your child’s behavior. It isn’t necessary (or productive in the long run) to try to control everything he or she says or does.

7. Kids get tired. When they do, it’s usually futile to try to reason with them to get them to do what you want.

8. Don’t say things to your own child that you would never dream of saying to someone else’s child.

9. Whatever stage your child is in, remember: this, too, shall pass, and they will move on to another stage. (This may be better or worse than the previous one!)

10. Don’t let mealtime become a battle zone. No child has ever starved to death yet because they didn’t eat everything on their plate.

11. Read to your child.

12. When your child starts talking, listen. What they say is important to them, and kids have great things to say.

13. Spend some time tucking your child into bed each night.

14. It’s good to find a church family to help you raise your child. You need others to support you. Your child needs to establish a good foundation of values and truth. If he or she doesn’t get this early in life, they might get it later and from someone else you may not like.

15. Take time every day to enjoy your child and relish this role God has blessed you with.

(Postscript: my dad says some of these are things he did, and some are things he wishes he’d done. ❤️) …

Timeline Photos"Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you." – Luke 14 #SundayGospel bit.ly/2ZpzEtS…

"Arsonists have set God’s Cathedral aflame. In the Amazon rainforest, home to hundreds of thousands of animal species, 40,000 plant species, and nearly a million indigenous people, fires are raging, destroying the ecological buttresses of one of the most biodiverse and important ecosystems in the world. These creatures are a testament to God’s good creation, a living, breathing cathedral, shaped by the evolutionary forces of God, and entrusted to human hands." …

"Baby loss is not just a story of grief, of pain and of tears, its a beautiful story of love and of celebration.

So let’s scream from the rooftops that all children matter, those that are here and those that we desperately miss."I haven’t shared this picture for quite some time so wanted to post it again this evening. These are my children…the ones that ran ahead and the ones who I get the honour to raise.

Someone said to me in an interview recently well you are the mother of two, I kindly corrected them. I am the mother of 7, just because five of my children didn’t get to grow up on the earth, doesn’t stop them from existing.

I also wanted to say this…Baby loss is not just a story of grief, of pain and of tears, its a beautiful story of love and of celebration.

So let’s scream from the rooftops that all children matter, those that are here and those that we desperately miss. ❤️

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